A plain-language reference to the major progressive jackpot networks and games around the world — what each one is, who makes it, and what it's known for. No hype, no live counters.
There are hundreds of progressive jackpot games in circulation, but most are powered by a smaller set of well-known networks. Below we cover the progressives that matter most — the record-breakers, the long-runners, and the ones you'll actually come across at licensed casinos.
New to the concept? Start with what progressive jackpots are and how they're won.
Note on amounts: we deliberately don't list live jackpot figures here — they change constantly and vary by operator. This is a reference to the jackpots themselves. Availability of any game depends on your region and casino.
A four-tier networked progressive shared across a family of Games Global slots including Wheel of Wishes, Book of Atem and Wolf Blaze Megaways. Launched in 2020, WowPot! is the main modern challenger to Mega Moolah and has produced multiple multi-million-euro winners — including the largest verified online jackpot payout on record.
The safari-themed slot that defined the wide-area progressive era. Its Mega tier seeds at $1 million and is fed by a large family of linked games and variants such as Absolootly Mad and Atlantean Treasures.
A luxury-themed three-tier progressive built around a bonus wheel. Long-running and still active, it set an early Guinness World Record for the largest online slot payout.
A follow-up to the original Mega Fortune with the same opulent theme, feeding its own pooled progressive across NetEnt-linked casinos.
A long-established Norse-mythology progressive where players smash shields in a bonus game to reveal one of three jackpot tiers.
A Greek-mythology slot whose three-tier jackpot is triggered through a bonus round. Popular in newly regulated markets thanks to broad operator support.
Not a single game but a network that attaches to dozens of Blueprint titles such as Fishin' Frenzy and Eye of Horus, pooling a shared prize across all of them.
Playtech's flagship progressive series, where more than a dozen Greek-mythology-themed slots all feed the same four-tier jackpot pool.
A long-running Playtech progressive slot that builds one headline jackpot, triggered by lining up the giant symbols on a winning payline.
IGT's online wide-area progressive network, layered onto classic titles like Cleopatra and Wheel of Fortune. A single growing jackpot is shared across all linked games.
Yggdrasil's best-known networked progressive, awarding a single large pooled jackpot through a re-spin feature that locks the jackpot symbols.
A Yggdrasil networked progressive with a Roaring-Twenties feel, triggered via a bonus wheel that decides which of three jackpot tiers a player wins.
A detective-themed progressive where collecting stolen diamonds during the free-spins feature unlocks one of five jackpot levels.
One of the oldest online progressives still in circulation, with a military theme. The jackpot drops when five Major Millions symbols land on the top payline at max bet.
A veteran five-reel progressive with a medieval cartoon theme, won by landing the King symbols across the central payline at the qualifying bet.
One of the first online progressive slots ever released, Egyptian-themed, still offering a single growing jackpot on the max-bet payline.
Often cited as the world's first online progressive jackpot slot, Cash Splash launched the concept of the networked online progressive in the late 1990s.
A network of "must-drop" daily jackpots attached to many Red Tiger slots. Each one is guaranteed to be won before a set time every day, regardless of how high it climbs.
Pragmatic Play runs network-wide prize and tournament campaigns across its slot library. These are promotional prize pools rather than a classic progressive, but function as a shared, growing reward across many games.
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